The Outdoor Gardening Thread

[PeppermintPatty]

I thought I had a gardening thread but I don’t so I’m going to make one now. I’ve got a big in ground garden and an 8 x 12 raised garden.
So far in my ‘in ground’ garden I have 31 tomato plants. One of them has a tomato on it already. All of thee plants are grown from seeds which were started indoors. Please feel free to add pictures of your own garden.


31 tomato plants

2 rows of pepper plants

Close up of pepper plant

Wild raspberry plants

 

[Medusa]

They're not all visible because they're in a line, but these are our squash, cucumber, tomato, and blueberry plants.
Oh, and "Lem," the lemon tree in the very back.

It's not the right climate here for a lemon tree, but erstwhile boyfriend sent it to me years ago (because I miss the citrus trees of Los Angeles), and husband has been determined to keep it alive. (Because, you know, the poor thing had no chance with me at the helm. )



Husband has since moved the large squash plant to the driveway and is training it to climb a ladder.



Edit: typo

 

[Medusa]

First harvest, sort of.


Husband actually clipped these to give the plant a chance to grow, and one turned red on the counter.

Edit: Another freaking typo. I need to slow down when typing.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

The added photos of plants that have been planted in this big garden is to give them room to grow. Last year we realized that 5 gallon buckets weren’t big enough.

Last autumn we put together these cedar raised beds and now have it filled with plants.
This is red lettuce.


This is romaine lettuce.

These are celery plants.


The plants closest to the back are sunflowers
The plants in front of the sunflowers are green peppers

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Your plants look great Medusa. That squash plant is going to be huge. Have you gotten any lemons off your Lemon plant in past couple of years? What growing zone are you in? We are in 6A.

 

[RadishRose]

M gardens are all in the past, but love to see other's.

 

[Medusa]

Your plants look great Medusa. That squash plant is going to be huge. Have you gotten any lemons off your Lemon plant in past couple of years? What growing zone are you in? We are in 6A.

Thanks. I will pass your nice comment along to my husband.

I've just checked, "What Growing Zone Am I In?" and found a site that told me I'm in 7A. But I don't know if we have the same maps for our two countries. Maybe?

We have gotten lemons from our tree... technically. It has produced twice, but the "lemons" were about the size of, maybe, pinto beans? LOL Poor tree, it's really trying hard.

I love your garden! You have so much growing and it all looks so beautiful and healthy.

My son would love your garden too as he's getting into gardening.

 

[Deya]

I still do wild flowers, but no vegetable garden. We have several farm stands that sell veggies cheaper than I can grow them, plus no work.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Thanks. I will pass your nice comment along to my husband.

I've just checked, "What Growing Zone Am I In?" and found a site that told me I'm in 7A. But I don't know if we have the same maps for our two countries. Maybe?

We have gotten lemons from our tree... technically. It has produced twice, but the "lemons" were about the size of, maybe, pinto beans? LOL Poor tree, it's really trying hard.

I love your garden! You have so much growing and it all looks so beautiful and healthy.

My son would love your garden too as he's getting into gardening.

Growing zones would be the same for both countries. It’s a temperature thing.

Growing zones, also known as plant hardiness zones, are established using historical climate data to map regions based on their average minimum winter temperatures. These zones help gardeners and horticulturalists determine which plants are likely to survive the winter in a specific location.

 

[Medusa]

Growing zones would be the same for both countries. It’s a temperature thing.

Growing zones, also known as plant hardiness zones, are established using historical climate data to map regions based on their average minimum winter temperatures. These zones help gardeners and horticulturalists determine which plants are likely to survive the winter in a specific location.

Thank you. Good information to have.